Grounds Specialist

Position Type: Maintenance/CustodialDate Posted: 9/5/2025Location: OperationsFor School Year 2025-2026 261- Work Day Calendar Hourly Pay Rate: $20.03+ (Salary placement is based on experience.) Click on the following link to view the full pay range on the ESP Salary Schedule: Job Summary: Install, inspect and maintain grounds and related equipment including turf, landscaping, playgrounds, athletic equipment, and fences. Operate and maintain a wide variety of grounds equipment including mowers, aerators, trenchers, street sanders, street sweepers, dump trucks. snow plows, tractors and skid loaders. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Operate and maintain turf and landscape maintenance equipment including mowers, aerators, fertilizers and trenchers. Install, maintain, repair and operate sprinkler systems including annual start-up and shut-down. Plan and perform turf and landscape fertilization including the ordering of supplies. Operate specialized equipment including skid loaders, tractors, front loaders, street sanders, street sweepers, dump trucks, snow plows and commercial trucks. Perform safety inspections of playgrounds and athletic equipment, document deficiencies and ensure corrective measures are implemented. Instruct and train Building Engineers, Custodians and summer hires in the methods and procedures used in operating, transporting and maintaining grounds, equipment and facilities. Install, repair, and maintain signs, gates, fences, fabrication and welding. Plan, organize and perform installation and maintenance of playground equipment. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent, plus specialized courses in irrigation systems and turf and landscaping maintenance. Valid Colorado driver's license required. Knowledge of standard methods, materials, practices used in the maintenance of grounds including irrigation systems, turf, landscaping and playground equipment. Ability to operate power tools, hand tools, welding equipment and various other types of equipment. Ability to operate standard transmissions required at hire. Ability to operate skid loaders, commercial lawn mowers, forklifts, and tractors preferred at hire. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Criminal background check and District fingerprinting required. Applicants who upload a copy of their transcripts or certifications to their application may choose to redact any dates included on the transcripts or certifications, including date of birth and dates of attendance/graduation/completion. An un-redacted copy will be requested if an employment offer is extended. In addition, submitted resumés may also exclude dates of attendance or graduation for high school and/or post-secondary education. Application Procedure: Click on the red "Apply" button to complete an online application, you must apply to each position that is of interest to you. FLSA: Non-ExemptAttachment(s):Grounds Specialist- Irrigation - June 2020.pdf

Created: 2026-04-02